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Thread: Atomic Punk Phaser part.
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12.07.20, 02:07 PM #1
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Atomic Punk Phaser part.
So, I'm just trying to figure out how to do it more authentically. I know he engages phaser and rubs his hand along the strings to get the effect. But the faster part of it, I saw back in the day on a Curt Mitchell video he said that Ed would use a Delay pedal with fast slap back and engages it to get that doubling/fast part of it and then turn it off.
I never had a delay and phaser at the same time, only have a Phaser now, so never could try that. Has anyone ever did that? And tried it a software implementation instead? I have a Spark Amp and couldn't really get anything dialed in to create that.
Also, the phaser part right before the solo, it's different. Is he just doing some crazy pick slide on the high strings with the phaser on?
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12.07.20, 04:00 PM #2
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I always thought the only thing questionable about it was the amount of drive he was getting in order to get it to sound that way with his Plexi, and it was because his Echoplex had a preamp in it that bumped the gain up a little bit.
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Curt Mitchell was wrong about the delay being used for the double time parts of that motif. Eddie is just rubbing the heel of his hand double time for that part. Live footage from ‘78, the very close up footage from 5150 studios in 2006 and the footage from the reunion tours confirms this.
The part before the solo is the same except he used the MXR Flanger with his usual settings instead of the MXR Phase 90. When Eddie played those rubbing effects live he would use the Flanger at will AND the Phase 90 at the same time.
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The Echoplex doesn’t bump the gain, but it shapes the sound almost like an equalizer. There is a very slight gain boost, but it is negligible...the secret to the Echoplex preamp is that it is a “tone shaper” rather than a boost. Brian Kehew explained this in his recent Sunset Sound interviews and Dave Friedman confirms this.
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The Atomic Punk song does have a short slapback delay throughout.
The intro is Phase 90 with the karate chop type hand saw action, with a few spazz out moments thrown in.
The break after the first chorus is the Flanger, with the hand sawing again.
The break before the solo is the Flanger again, this time with edge of the pick, sawing on the strings.
The Phase 90 is on for the whole solo, but turned off just for the 5 hard chords at the end of it, and then immediately turned on again, for the final intro to the last verse.
The Phase 90 is on during the ringing open strings/descending chords near the ending, but then turned off for the 5 hard chords, prior to the ending.
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